A self-defined 'soccer mom,' Annie Darek, explained.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jeanine Molloff: Obama, McCain Bring Out Two Versions of St Louis] Reference

So it was a war between self-defined, at least, and the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert E. Lee on Leadership] Reference

This is self-defined hate speech, not social commentary.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Smerconish: The Muzzle Meter] Reference

And most importantly, we are a nation self-defined by stereo-types.    From Wordnik.com.  [Specter: Spectacle or Spectacular?] Reference

As Linda Smith stated, this is not acceptable to self-defined Muslim states.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Now, political correctness is manifested as a self-defined code of behaviour.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life Upon the Wicked Stage—Freedom of Artistic Expression] Reference

"Eighty-four percent of respondents were self-defined as leftist or center-left.".    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

If labels are useful at all, they must be self-applied, self-defined and inclusive.    From Wordnik.com.  [evolver Diary Entry] Reference

This is especially true for someone like me, who is a self-defined hip hop feminist.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Definition: Hip Hop Feminism « Gender Across Borders] Reference

Leff wrote that there were about 3,000 to 5,000 self-defined witches in the country.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Keller is right -- the old, self-defined world of "quality" journalism is in deep decline.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rory O'Connor: Why Media Brands Can't Be Trusted] Reference

A self-defined democratic Socialist, Orwell had a hard time with other members of the Left.    From Wordnik.com.  [Not all Books are Created Equal: Orwell and his Animals at Fifty] Reference

That's how their illogic system operates to create a little bubble of self-defined normalcy.    From Wordnik.com.  ["Sperm cells created from female embryo."] Reference

Unless you're Sioux or Shawnee, chances are yer 'murcan and self-defined like the rest of us.    From Wordnik.com.  [Barack Obama "is supposed to be the tonic for the culture wars of the 60s."] Reference

Keller is right – the old, self-defined world of “quality” journalism is in deep decline.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Media Brands Can't Be Trusted] Reference

Let alone the Singularity Summit and a few other self-defined "futurist" venues and individuals.    From Wordnik.com.  [TOC: The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF edited by Mike Ashley] Reference

But within this self-defined middle class, there are notable economic and demographic differences.    From Wordnik.com.  [What does it mean to be "middle class" in America today?] Reference

It became a touchstone issue for self-defined New Democrats, who moved in in 1992 with Bill Clinton's campaign.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Texas Panel Allows Graham Execution to Proceed - June 22, 2000] Reference

Once again we are the self-defined white hats blithely ignoring our long history of affronting Iranian national integrity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert Scheer: Exorcising America's Diplomatic Demons] Reference

The final 40 percent are self-defined Independents who could tip one way or the other depending on conditions and intensity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Does Limbaugh Matter?] Reference

Anything else is a form of thought-crime and pressaging others to conform to self-defined senses of good and evil. reply micfo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Virtual Pedophilia Report Bad News For Second Life] Reference

Proactive, self-preserving behaviors serving a self-defined national interest -- not something you see often in the Arab world.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sharmine Narwani: The New Middle East Narrative -- Is Washington in or Out?] Reference

When you put on an avatar that differs significantly from your social/self-defined profile, you are, essentially, "wasting play time.".    From Wordnik.com.  [My Other Self is an Ass-kicking Supermodel] Reference

The more the self-defined elites belittle Palin, the more they empower and bring together disenfranchised, scared and angry Americans.    From Wordnik.com.  [What We All Can Learn From Sarah Palin] Reference

For the last few days my email has been inundated with angry messages from self-defined right-wing Republicans, taking umbrage at my remark.    From Wordnik.com.  [Setting the Record Straight on Playground Bullies] Reference

The embodiment of the Washington consensus on Israel and all matters that touch on its self-defined interests -- as reflected through the American prism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Brenner: Palestine and Washington's Alchemy] Reference

I respect Jeff Jarvis for being a gadfly, but I wouldn't take advice from him, mostly because, as a self-defined outsider, he's not exactly in the trenches.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reinventing Journalism On The Web: Links As News, Links As Reporting - Publishing 2.0] Reference

The first, and let's get it out of the way quickly, applies to the Nigella phenomenon mentioned above, as well as to the, self-defined, estimable Miss Betts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Narcissism: the new journalism] Reference

One thing's for sure - the "permissive society" seems to be the self-defined enemy of all the new dictators and where it still exists, is becoming eroded by stealth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commonalities?] Reference

Unlike the Realist movement, which was to an extent self-defined, the judges and jurists purportedly guilty of formalism never identified themselves as “formalists.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Balkinization] Reference

The Annenberg's self-defined mission is to inform and inspire the public "by connecting photographers, philanthropy and the human experience through powerful imagery and stories.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Steven Crandell: At the Intersection of Annenberg & Kasmauski -- Photography, Nonprofits and Connection] Reference